by the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, saying that in 2009 he had received between 50 and 80 documents with a total of four thousand pages contained information from armed forces investigation of the UFO phenomenon. In an August 2010 interview with Terra Magazine, Gevaerd commented on the Federal Government decree that the air force should send records of any UFO sightings to the National Archives, saying the decision was in response to the campaign by the Brazilian Committee of UFO enthusiasts for freedom of information. He noted that documents already released confirmed that UFOs had been sighted frequently, and said that the government had more than 12 tons of documents about these sightings. Commenting on some initial documents released by the Air Force on 20 March 1996 sightings of UFOs in five cities in southern Brazil, he said "It's just the tip of the iceberg." The Air Force stated that they would not release any secret documents. Brigadier José Carlos Pereira, in charge of UFO records, said "If an extraordinary phenomenon happens, it is obvious that it will be kept under wraps." Personal life Gevaerd had three children, Daniel, Daniela and Pedro. Daniel took part in the "Casa de Vidro" (Glass House), a preliminary stage of the Big Brother Brasil 9, but did not make it to the main stage. Daniela was the manager and administrator of Revista Ufo, and died on 8 March 2015 in Campo Grande in a car crash. Pedro is a high school student. Gevaerd died in Curitiba on 9 December 2022, at the age of 60. References External links 1962 births 2022 deaths Ufologists Brazilian journalists People from Maringá 20th-century Brazilian people